Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 879
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 27, 2005, 6:19 PM CST for 27 counties in Arkansas; 13 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2005, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 57 min |
| Nov 27, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, White | 55 min |
| Nov 27, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp | 26 min |
| Nov 27, 8:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, White | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 8:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 115 min |
| Nov 27, 8:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White | 2 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 26 min |
| Nov 27, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 40 min |
| Nov 27, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 23 min |
| Nov 27, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Nov 27, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 64 min |
| Nov 27, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 57 min |
| Nov 27, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 59 min |
| Nov 27, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 68 min |
| Nov 27, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 55 min |
| Nov 28, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Stoddard | 55 min |
| Nov 28, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 63 min |
| Nov 28, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 119 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 280018
SEL9
SPC WW 280018
ARZ000-MOZ000-280800-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 879
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
620 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 620 PM UNTIL
200 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO
ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 875...WW 876...WW 877...WW
878...
DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE/TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AR
WILL TRACK EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AFFECTING EASTERN AR
AND SOUTHEAST MO. AIR MASS IN THIS REGION IS SLIGHTLY MORE
STABLE...BUT STRENGTH OF WIND FIELDS AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
SUGGEST A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HART
332,0930 371,0911 371,0890 332,0910SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lee, Mississippi and 3 more | 62 min |
| Nov 27, 8:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 27, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 27, 11:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 16 more | 84 min |
| Nov 27, 11:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 29 more | 62 min |
| Nov 27, 8:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 1 more | 91 min |
| Nov 28, 2:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 25 more | 95 min |
| Nov 28, 4:42 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amite, Marion, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 93 min |
| Nov 28, 9:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 25 more | 113 min |
| Nov 28, 11:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Clay and 31 more | 88 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.